Watershed district (Russia)

A watershed district in Russia is any of twenty groups of water bodies listed in the Water Code of Russian Federation.

Map (01 - Baltic Watershed District, 02 - Barents–Belomor Watershed District, 03 - Dvina–Pechora Watershed District, 04 - Dnepr Watershed District, 05 - Don Watershed District, 06 - Kuban Watershed District, 07 - Western Caspian Watershed District, 08 - Upper Volga Watershed District, 09 - Oka Watershed District, 10 - Kama Watershed District, 11 - Lower Volga Watershed District, 12 - Ural Watershed District, 13 - Upper Ob Watershed District, 14 - Irtysh Watershed District, 15 - Lower Ob Watershed District, 16 - Angara–Baikal Watershed District, 17 - Yenisey Watershed District, 18 - Lena Watershed District, 19 - Anadyr–Kolyma Watershed District, 20 - Amur Watershed District)

According to chapter 4, article 28 of the Russian Water Code, those are: Baltic Watershed District, Barents–Belomor Watershed District, Dvina–Pechora Watershed District, Dnepr Watershed District, Don Watershed District, Kuban Watershed District, Western Caspian Watershed District, Upper Volga Watershed District, Oka Watershed District, Kama Watershed District, Lower Volga Watershed District, Ural Watershed District, Upper Ob Watershed District, Irtysh Watershed District, Lower Ob Watershed District, Angara–Baikal Watershed District, Yenisey Watershed District, Lena Watershed District, Anadyr–Kolyma Watershed District and Amur Watershed District.[1]

References
  1. "Статья 28. Бассейновые округа" (in Russian). Kadis.ru. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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